Takayama Ai

"Doing my best even if I fail, I will always look towards the future with a smile, I'm Takayama Ai, understudy of AKB0048's 150th generation!"

Ai is one of the current understudies in AKB0048, being part of the 150th generation. She wishes to become Maeda Atsuko in the future, but doesn't care much when it comes to how she should approach her dream; She believes that the only way to truly become a successor is to be oneself. On Akibastar, she is also known by the nicknames TakAi (高い/TakAi) and Aicchi (愛ッチ/あいッチ). She does also have a solo career.

Appearance
Ai is rather short, and quite fair. She has turqouse-green eyes, which are a little bit lighter around the edges of her eyes, and she has heart lining in them; the sign of a person meant for the 00-stage. Ai just keeps her hair down. She has heart-lining in her blue hair as well.

Personality
Ai is very serious when it comes to preforming, as she enjoys it a lot. She does always keep her phone with her, along with a pair of earplugs, so that she can memorize songs when she's travelling. Ai plans on becoming center, but if someone else becomes center nova, she'd gladly accept it; She's kind of scared to disappear to god knows where.

History
Ai was born on Atamistar, and as such, she loves the beach with all of her heart, and does have several bikini's. As Atamistar is free from the Entertainment ban, Aicchii grew up with 00 all around her. She did also occasionally meet the successors during their gravure shoots, but in all honesty, she didn't really feel like joining the group, until she was 12.

Encountering AKB0048
Ai had met the members of 00 several times when she was younger, due to that 00 takes their gravure shoots on Atamistar, but the first time she really desired to join them, was, when she saw them on stage for the first time, at the age of 12. Her family encouraged her, even though they were worried, as 00 had not had that much success the past few years. Ai practised her dancing and singing, and even though she wasn't perfect, accepted.

Etymology
Takayama (高山): "Takayama" means Alpine, with '高' meaning 'High' and '山' meaning 'Mountain'

Ai (愛): "Ai" means Love.

Putting these two together, and her name means Alpine Love.

Quotes
Hint: Hover over the quotes!
 * "Doing my best even if I fail, I will always look towards the future with a smile, I'm Takayama Ai, understudy of AKB0048's 150th generation!" - Ai's catchphrase
 * "I'm no witch, if that's what you're implying." - Ai replying to a comment Miyagi made.

Achievements
Early Result: 2nd (791,748 votes)
 * -|Senbatsu Sousenkyo=
 * Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC 0123

Placement: 2nd (1'200'849 votes) Shoujiki Shougi
 * -|AKBingo!=
 * VS Akari - Won (3-2)
 * -|Jyanken Taikai=

Trivia

 * Ai has the same sort of eye-shine as Acchan the 13th. The reason is unknown.
 * Ai has her own Kirara.
 * It is a sphere with two detatched wings.
 * Much like Takanashi Yukari, Ai has Taka in her name.
 * Despite being from Atamistar, Ai is quite pale.
 * She plays the piano.
 * She took her first piano lesson when she was 6 years old.
 * She cannot cook to save her life.
 * Despite this, she believes that she actually is a quite decent cook.
 * This implicates that her tastebuds are slightly screwed as well.
 * This, in turn, was proved when she went with several other understudies to buy some food during a handshake event.
 * She is also a quite skilled LAS pilot; Not the best, but good.
 * She considers her charmpoint her eyes.
 * It is unknown why, but it's presumed that it has to do with the uncommon shine in her eyes.
 * Her favourite foods include Pocky and Grapes.
 * Her favourite colour is purple.
 * Ai is a good swimmer.
 * She has stated that she can probably swim up to 10km straight if she is careful with her strength.
 * This is because she is from Atamistar, a planet made up of mostly water.
 * Her voice actor is Komatsu Yuka, who was originally chosen because of the voice she gave Higashi Setsuna.
 * Ai's nickname, TakAi, is a nickname chosen because of various factors.
 * It is a pun to her name Takayama Ai.
 * It is also a play, and pun, on the word "Takai" (高い, which means "High")
 * Her audition song was Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
 * She is a grouchy riser - when woken when she could still afford to spend some more time asleep.
 * She is the second member of the new era to get a Solo Debut.
 * She is also the first member of the 150th generation to get a Solo Debut.
 * In the Majisuka Gakuen 00 adaption, Ai plays the character "Love", whose name is a pun to Ai's own.
 * Ai shares her given name with the fake AKB member Kimura Ai who was created in an experiment to see if the members knew who were a part of AKB and who weren't, in AKBingo!
 * This statement is also true for Kimura Mei, except for her it's the surname.
 * For the release of Kibou no Chronicle, Ai actually got hair extentions, which is the reason she has much longer hair in several of the pictures taken of her in that Senbatsu Uniform.
 * She was one of the five members "captured" by "DES" in the 152nd generation's second round of auditions.